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| Authored by: mrisch on Sunday, June 10 2012 @ 07:37 PM EDT |
I'm not sure I agree with this characterization of the
patent. Here is the
claim:
1. A method of inputting alphabetic text to an electronic
device having a virtual keyboard on a touch-sensitive
screen, said virtual
keyboard comprising a set of keys
wherein each letter of the alphabet is
associated with at
least one key, the method comprising:
recording a contact
action on the virtual keyboard, wherein
the contact action includes an initial
contact location, a
path along which contact with the touch sensitive screen
continues, and a final contact location at which contact
with the
touch-sensitive screen is removed, forming an input
stroke pattern according to
said recorded contact action;
comparing said input stroke pattern with a set of
words
stored in a database;
identifying one or more words stored in the
database wherein
the first letter of the identified word is associated with a
key that is at or near the recorded initial contact
location, and wherein the
last letter of the identified word
is associated with a key that is at or near
the recorded
final contact location, and wherein any remaining letters of
the
word are each associated with keys that are on or near
the recorded path of the
contact location;
determining relative ranking of the identified one or
more
words according to the comparison; and offering one or more
words of said
determined relative ranking to the user for
selection of the word to be input
as text.
There is no way that this claim will limit tracking of
bird
patterns, or any other use of the math. Indeed, the math was
probably
well known, just not applied in this way. This is a
very discrete solution to a
very discrete problem.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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